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Originally Posted by NYY #23
Granted, Tex probably deserves more credit for covering second base, but I don't think every shortstop in the majors makes that play. How many take the ball and just throw to third?
Between that play, the play on Punto, and the one at second base before the Twins scored he always seems to have great instincts and takes advantage of other team's mistakes.
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But the Punto play was the same thing. He threw home, which is exactly what any player would do in that situation with a guy rounding third. You don't throw behind the runner...it's basic rundown principle taught in Little League. I know this is what Yankee fans do about Jeter, and it's funny, but it doesn't make it accurate. There is no other shortstop who makes that play and anybody thinks anything extraordinary about it.